Hi Lynn
Many thanks for the picture of park lane and the Aston cross the actual picture you have put up
You can see is the three property's that my grand parents owned with some one loading or unloading a van outside
The property and also of Latham's deco shop
Which was owned also by my grand parents family and my grand father himself
As he was the last member of his brothers to owned that particular shop and sold it to Latham's
Where the van is is three shops the very first one at the cross was a chemist ,
But looking down on your right hand side of the picture you see the shops
The first being a coffee shop then there was two gates where there was there ware housing for provisions
For all there chain of coffee shops around birmingham and that one of Latham's was there coffee shop
Until he sold it to Latham's it was passed through all the jelfs family one bye one
It was George senior then arther , then William Georges son, but could not handle it
From the business angle so he sold it to Ernest held whom also ran the crockery hire
As well the other shop next to the coffee shop was a fish and chip shop you can see
Where people would sit in and have there meal he sold that along with the other coffee shop
And they used to have the one across the road facing there shops which was another chippie shop
But they sold it to a little chap called Cyril they used to wave to each other most days of the week
When open they was also on Aston road north around the corner and down Lichfield road
139 Lichfield road where we all celebrated the coronation with the neibours of Cromwell square
Inside that large shop for partying they supplied the tables and chairs for all adults and the children of Cromwell square on the street at the bottom of the terrace after that little party everybody moved down and into the coffee shop it had a two tear flooring capacity the second level contained two large full sized billiard table
And living apartment up another er flight of stairs whilst ivy held remained on Tyburn road
Ernest my grand father gave ivy that coffee shop only to find out that she sold it to the flower girl
Parents whom was a member of this forum or she may still may be as I have not heard no/more on here from her
I had to smile about a passage of statement when she said about Charles held and being silly
In fact it was him whom built the jelfs empire from his father whom had a large house around down
The corner of sandy lane with lodgers plus is own booking shops and a coffee shop on Alma street and of
On at the rear of Ivy's cafe at the ajoining side or rear of the coffee where I can imagine
Where he made a lot of money from gambling people of the fort Dunlop factory
He and his father made from it ivy died in 1984 Ernest died in 1969
Behind those shop was a very large yard with a two story ware house an one bed dwelling
And a huge work shop for there vehicles they had to supply all the provisions around Birmingham
Before the war years and during the war years and right after
Best wishes Alan,,,,,,,,,,Astonian,,,
Many thanks for the picture of park lane and the Aston cross the actual picture you have put up
You can see is the three property's that my grand parents owned with some one loading or unloading a van outside
The property and also of Latham's deco shop
Which was owned also by my grand parents family and my grand father himself
As he was the last member of his brothers to owned that particular shop and sold it to Latham's
Where the van is is three shops the very first one at the cross was a chemist ,
But looking down on your right hand side of the picture you see the shops
The first being a coffee shop then there was two gates where there was there ware housing for provisions
For all there chain of coffee shops around birmingham and that one of Latham's was there coffee shop
Until he sold it to Latham's it was passed through all the jelfs family one bye one
It was George senior then arther , then William Georges son, but could not handle it
From the business angle so he sold it to Ernest held whom also ran the crockery hire
As well the other shop next to the coffee shop was a fish and chip shop you can see
Where people would sit in and have there meal he sold that along with the other coffee shop
And they used to have the one across the road facing there shops which was another chippie shop
But they sold it to a little chap called Cyril they used to wave to each other most days of the week
When open they was also on Aston road north around the corner and down Lichfield road
139 Lichfield road where we all celebrated the coronation with the neibours of Cromwell square
Inside that large shop for partying they supplied the tables and chairs for all adults and the children of Cromwell square on the street at the bottom of the terrace after that little party everybody moved down and into the coffee shop it had a two tear flooring capacity the second level contained two large full sized billiard table
And living apartment up another er flight of stairs whilst ivy held remained on Tyburn road
Ernest my grand father gave ivy that coffee shop only to find out that she sold it to the flower girl
Parents whom was a member of this forum or she may still may be as I have not heard no/more on here from her
I had to smile about a passage of statement when she said about Charles held and being silly
In fact it was him whom built the jelfs empire from his father whom had a large house around down
The corner of sandy lane with lodgers plus is own booking shops and a coffee shop on Alma street and of
On at the rear of Ivy's cafe at the ajoining side or rear of the coffee where I can imagine
Where he made a lot of money from gambling people of the fort Dunlop factory
He and his father made from it ivy died in 1984 Ernest died in 1969
Behind those shop was a very large yard with a two story ware house an one bed dwelling
And a huge work shop for there vehicles they had to supply all the provisions around Birmingham
Before the war years and during the war years and right after
Best wishes Alan,,,,,,,,,,Astonian,,,
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